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REASON FOR MID-MORNING NUTRITION
2-3 hours after breakfast, blood sugar levels have started to decline. Similarly,
2-3 hours after each meal, amino acid profiles in the blood stream show that
certain amino's will be deficient. This means that you may be entering a negative
nitrogen balance and that means no muscle repair or growth. Consequently, mid
morning is a good time to consume a mix of complex carbohydrates and protein.
If you eat different sized meals through the day, many people taper carbohydrates
through the day, this meal should be one of the larger carbohydrate meals. You
tend to be more active earlier in the day than in the evening and night. Most
people work through daytime hours. Make this one of the largest meals if this
is so and remember your body still works on circadium rhythms (tied in with
the sun and the moon and melatonin levels). So even if you have unusual waking
patterns, try and fit your largest meal mid morning where possible.
Eating a meal at this time, so long as you eat the right proportions of macronutrients
will release and sustain stable anabolic levels of insulin and amino acids.
Assisting and improving muscle regeneration and recovery and energy levels and
mood elevating side effects - which are always beneficial. Remember, if you
starve your brain of the fuel it needs to function you will notice a drop in
mental clarity and focus. You will also notice mood swings and energy dips.
This is bad news, especially when it comes to strength training. More reasons
to regularly feed your body the nutrients in needs in regular spaced meals throughout
the day.
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